Seekers and Things: Spiritual Movements and Aesthetic Difference in Kinshasa
Focusing on the intricate presence of a Japanese new religion (Sekai Kyûseikyô) in the densely populated and primarily Christian environment of Kinshasa (DR Congo), this ethnographic study offers a practitioner-orientated perspective to create a localised picture of religious globalization. Guided b...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
2017
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In: | Year: 2017 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Democratic Republic
/ Congo (État Indépendant)
/ Kinshasa
/ Sekai-Kyuseikyo
/ Sect
/ New religion
/ Aesthetics
/ Japanese
/ Religious life
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Summary: | Focusing on the intricate presence of a Japanese new religion (Sekai Kyûseikyô) in the densely populated and primarily Christian environment of Kinshasa (DR Congo), this ethnographic study offers a practitioner-orientated perspective to create a localised picture of religious globalization. Guided by an aesthetic approach to religion, the study moves beyond a focus limited to text and offers insights into the role of religious objects, spiritual technologies and aesthetic repertoires in the production and politics of difference. The boundaries between non-Christian religious minorities and the largely Christian public sphere involve fears and suspicion of ‘magic’ and ‘occult sciences’. |
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ISBN: | 1785336703 |